Number-supporting bracket for automobiles.



APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1912.

Patented May 19, 1914.

2 Guam,

WILLIAM GREEN, 0F PROMISE CITY, IOWA.

NUMBER-SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed June 20, 1912. Serial No. 704,845.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GREEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Promise City, in the county of Wayne and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Number-Sup portin Brackets for Automobiles, of which the fofiowing is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in metallic brackets and more particularly to brackets employed in supporting the license number tags upon vehicles, and the object of my invention is to provide a bracket which may be rigidly secured by one arm to the body of the tag and by its other arm to the vehicle or a suitable part thereof.

.A, further object of my invention is to provide a tag having a laterally directed marginal flange to assist in the proper positioning of the bracket and so formed as to engage against one of the angular faces of each of the nuts employed in securing the bracket to the tag and therefore act as a lock for preventing the disengagement of the nuts from their bolts which might otherwise be caused by the vibration of the vehicle.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this a plication.

Int e drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective of my preferred form of number tag, showing the bracket in application, the bracket being clamped about the closure cap of the radiator, said cap being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a perspective of a modified form of bracket; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing the bracketin plan; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, showing the manner in which the marglnal flanges of the tag act as locks for the nuts by which the bracket is secured to the tag.

Corresponding and like-parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 includes a number tag designated as a whole by the numeral 10 and a compound bracket designated as a whole by the numeral 11 secured to thetag and adapt ed to be clamped about a suitable cylindrical support such as the filling tube 12 of the radiator of a motor vehicle. The tag 10 is preferably formed of relatively heavy sheet metal having its marginal portion bent rearwardly to form flanges 13 at right angles to the body of the tag.

0 The bracket 11 includes a pair of co-actmg, L-shaped members 14. and 15, preferably formed of resilient metal and secured together in superimposed relation, interme diate their length by a bolt 15 and nut 16.

The strips of metal forming these members are oppositely bent at right an leg to each other, as shown to form arms, t e end portions of which are provided with tapped bores'17 for the reception of bolts 18 having slotted heads for the reception of a screw driver. These bolts are passed through perforations formed in the upper corner portions of the tag and so positioned that when threaded into the tapped bores of the members 14. and 15, said members engage directly against the lower face of the to flange 13 and by their ends against the mnerfaces of the side flanges of the ta The bolts are preferably further secure against disengagement by nuts 19 which are threaded upon the bolts and so proportioned that when applied, the adjacent flange 13 will bear against one of the angular faces of each of the bolts to lock the same against movement. The opposite end portions .of the members 14 and 15 are reversely curved, as shown at 20, to form resilient, co-acting clamp members for engagement with a cylindrical supporting body and the free ends of said .portion are extended in spaced relation, as shown at 21, and perforated for the reception of a bolt 22 which, with a nut 23, completes the clamp. This form of bracket is extremely simple and may be readily applied to the tag and to the support without the use of any tools other than a screw driver, Moreover, the oppositely curved resilient clamping members render the bracket adaptable for use upon supports of various sizes.

The form of my invention shown in Figs. 2 and 4 includes a tag identical in construction with that shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and a pair of brackets each designated as a whole by the numeral 21. These brackets are entirely inde endent of each other and each is formed rom a single piece of sheet metal stamped out' and bent mto proper shape.

As shown, these brackets 24 are substantially L-shaped, each having an arm 25 proportioned tobear against the inner face of one of the end flanges of the bracket and to fit snugly between the top and bottom flanges thereof and having tapped bores 26 for the reception of the bolts 27 Nuts 28 are provided for'these bolts and are locked against movement thereon by the flanges of the tag as previously described. The other 'arm of each bracket comprises an intermediate portion 29 which lies in a plane at right angles to the plane of the portion 25' but which is ofiset as shown, and a terminal portion 30 which lies in the same plane with the portion 29 and the sides of which are parallel with butnot in alinement with the sides of the arm 25. The terminal portion 30 is provided with a bore 31 for the reception of a bolt, screw, or like fastening means by which the bracket may be secured to any suitable portion of the vehicle. This latter formof construction is somewhat simpler than the first and may be employed in many instances where the first could not be applied. By off-setting the arms 30 of these brackets they are brought entirely at the rear of the tag and are therefore inconspicuous.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with a license number and having flanges on its marginal edges at right angles to the body of the tag, a bracket member including an arm bearing against the rear face of the tag and against one of said flanges and provided with tapped bores, bolts passed through perforations formed in the body of the tag and threaded through the bores of the bracket member, and nuts threaded upon said bolts and engaging by their angular faces against the inner face of said flange.

tag formed of metal In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GREEN. [1,. s.]

Witnesses:

' GEO. E. BUoY, W. H. BUoY. 

